16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bullarook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bullarook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are pitching in at home than usual in Bullarook, where unpaid work is a major part of local life. While volunteering rates are higher than the state average, the most striking figure is the high number of residents spending significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 13.9% provide unpaid care and 25% care for children, which is a little below the national figure. Notably, 36.1% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate far above the Victorian average of 20.1%.
13.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.1% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Bullarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20383/bullarook/topic/community